THE intended targets of the shooting which killed beautician Elle Edwards have been banned from living on the Beechwood Estate.
Kieran Salkeld, 29 and Jake Duffy, 23, have been served with two year gang injunctions which they were made subject to on Monday, August 25.
Earlier this year, Connor Chapman was handed three life sentences with an overall minimum term of 48 years in prison at Liverpool Crown Court having been found guilty of Elle's murder.
Elle, 26, was shot when Chapman, 23, fired 12 shots from the Skorpion pistol into a group of people outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village, Wirral, shortly before midnight on December 24 last year.
During the murder trial it emerged that Chapman, a prominent member of the Woodchurch estate organised crime group, was attempting to kill Salkeld and Duffy, both of whom were seriously injured in the shooting.
The pair, from the rival estate, had attacked another man, Sam Searson, on Highfield Road, Rock Ferry, the day before, the court heard.
The victim was an associate of the Woodchurch gang and in February this year Salkeld was jailed for 27 months and Duffy two years for inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent and affray.
During Chapman's trial the fatal shooting was described as the "culmination" of an escalating gang war between Chapman's firm and Salkeld and Duffy's firm based on either side of the M53 in Wirral.
The conditions of the order mean Salkeld and Duffy are prohibited from:
• Associating and communicating with named persons by any means
• Entering the Woodchurch or Beechwood/Ford Estates
• Entering any on-licensed premises on Conway Street or Argyle Street in Birkenhead
• Entering The Lighthouse Public House in Wallasey Village, Wallasey including any outside space within the boundary of the premises
• Either directly or indirectly using or threatening to use violence against any person or property including via phone or internet
• Either directly or indirectly engaging in any abusive or threatening conduct including via phone or internet
• Owning or having with him more than one mobile phone and sim card
• Owning or having with him any mobile phone or sim card that has not been disclosed
Any breaches of the conditions can result in either of the men being arrested and taken to court.
Chief Inspector Tom Welch, one of the senior officers involved in EVOLVE Wirral, said: “Gang-related activity has a profoundly detrimental effect on those who live or work in areas where these criminals carry out their business, often recklessly with complete disregard for others.
“The gang injunctions that have been served on Duffy and Salkeld are part of the ongoing and relentless work we are doing to combat serious and organised crime in Birkenhead.
“The prohibitions detailed in these injunctions are widely known by our local officers and will be policed rigorously.
“If either man commits a breach, we can act quickly to arrest them and put them back before the courts, which can result in prison sentences.
“We are using all the powers and legislation available to us to disrupt and deter gang-related activity but we cannot do this alone and need communities to tell us about any criminal on-goings happening in their area so we can get criminals off our streets.
“Together we are always stronger. I urge members of the public to come forward with information about those involved in organised crime and criminal activity so we can continue to take robust action against the organised crime groups who bring misery to our streets.
“On Monday we launched our Silence is Not an Option campaign and we ask people to contact Crimestoppers anonymously with any information that can help us to make our communities safer for generations to come.”
Anyone with information can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, or can contact us directly at @MerpolCC or by calling 101.
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